Lakers vs. WMU
Lakers beat UW-Parkside and Kentucky Wesleyan
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Lake Superior State defeated Wisconsin-Parkside, 3-1, and Kentucky Wesleyan, 3-0, on Saturday to finish 3-1 at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference v. Great Lakes Valley Conference Crossover Volleyball Tournament held at the Team Indiana complex.
As LSSU finished its final match, the GLIAC continued its dominance in the tournament, improving to 25-11 against the GLVC.
LSSU (6-13) defeated Wisconsin-Parkside, 25-20, 25-20, 20-25, 25-17. Ali Jones led the Lakers with 14 kills, a .275 attack percentage and 11 digs. Ashley Purvis and Jessica Ewer added seven kills each. Purvis also totaled 35 assists and 11 digs. Brittany Newberry had 23 digs. Abby Shereda contributed two solo blocks.
LSSU swept Kentucky Wesleyan, 25-16, 25-21, 25-23. Holly Orban totaled a team-high 14, kills, while Brishia Stroven followed 12 and Trisha Dutton had seven. Janelle Balkwill had 34 assists. Lindsay McLeod led in blocks with one solo and two assists, while Jeanna Radzinski had three block assists. Newberry led in digs with 16, followed by Stroven with 12 and Orban with 11.
Jones, who did not play in the KWU match, totaled a team-high 49 kills and .250 attack percentage for the weekend. She averaged 3.77 kills per game. She also served for 60 points, averaging 4.62 points per game. Purvis finished with 99 assists, and Balkwill had 59. Newberry totaled 96 digs, averaging 6.0 digs per game.
The Lakers, who competed on the road for three straight weeks, play host to Northern Michigan at 7 p.m. on Oct. 24.
